Kingston and Elmbridge Dive Club

Congratulations to our 6 students and dedicated club instructors for completing the twinset SDC this weekend. Excellent work in the classroom yesterday and perseverance today with the in water conditions (can you get negative viz? 🤣).

This weekend has been all about club work… and twinset training! 💪🤿

Our members have been putting in a huge amount of effort over the past few weekends (and plenty of weekdays too!) preparing for some major compressor upgrades. After this weekend’s work, things will look remarkably different when you come down to the club on Thursday. Just take a little extra care when parking in the car park while everything settles into its new home.

A massive thank you to Paul Pritchard Pritchards of London for bringing the expertise and equipment needed to move the compressor, and to Rob, Nick, Ian, Paul and Nathan for all the hard work getting everything into position. We thought the cylinders were heavy (and they are!), but the compressor was on another level. Thankfully, we had a 4x4 to help drag it around the corner once we’d rolled it out on scaffolding poles—an ancient Egyptian technique that worked surprisingly well! 😄

Saturday saw the clubhouse being used for our Twinset Training course, before everyone headed to Vobster on Sunday to put all that theory and shutdown practice to good use.

A very successful weekend all round! We just need to complete the electrics and pipework for the new compressor before we can remove the old one.

We’re all set for air fills this week, so members, come on down and make the most of your free air fills. Nitrox is available by appointment as usual via the online booking form. 😉

Fantastic day on and under the water today using the club RHIB. We were diving the Inverclyde only 16m to the bottom and a only a small wreck, but long slack meant every nock and cranny could be explored - we saw lots of different types of fish, conger, lobster, spider crab…picked up Scallop or two. Lovely cool breeze although it was nice once in with a drysuit on!

Even one of our young club divers got some boat handling experience in on the way back.

That’s what club diving is about - fun, safe and with friends!

Amazing weekend diving with Skin Deeper in Portland🌊

Maximum depth 35m, vast range of wildlife both above and below the water line!🪼🦈🐟

Delicious pizza with Portland Pizza Company 🍕

Another great club trip, thank you Lucy for organising🤿

Great second day of diver training today. Amanda and Nathan took in Neil and Pascal for completion of Neil’s open water sessions to become an Ocean Diver and Pascal to gain his Drysuit qualification!

Congratulations to the both of you on successfully finishing your new qualifications. 🎉🥳

We were definitely “feeling hot hot hot” as the song 🎶 goes on the surface, but such a great way to cool down in this heat once in.

The Wraysbury Team, as always took great care of us during our visit - kept the drinks and ice creams flowing! Thanks guys

Good also to see Richard Corner and colleague there from the HEAD Watersports Group that spoke at the club on Thursday night!

Great turn out at last nights talk by Head Group’s UK representative Richard Corner. Head Group includes diving brands such as Apeks, Mares and Aqualung.

50 divers from many agencies and clubs turned up to listen in, ask questions and get to try some of the different kit available. (Ed. never knew that Mares made an SCR rebreather!)

The other big draw was the 20% off anything ordered with vouchers valid until the end of month…just in time for the summer dive season!

Check out the latest club trip report from Lundy Trip 2026.

"The Good, The Seal and The Floppy DSMB"

https://kingstonsac.org/2026/06/the-good-the-seal-and-the-floppy-dsmb/

🚨Save the date 🚨

📅Thursday 18th June 8pm
📍Kingston and Elmbridge BSAC Clubhouse

Q&A session with the Head Group Rep for apeks and aqualung. Some information about their takeover.
Also some opportunities to try some of their new kit in the pool and Wraysbury that weekend!

Newhaven Es Scorchio!

Check out our latest trip report from one of our club’s trips this rather hot bank holiday weekend!

https://kingstonsac.org/2026/05/newhaven-es-scorchio/

Also spotted off TikTok and Instagram with her lovely looking new spray coat on the hull! (Always good to follow for what is happening around the marina and Newhaven!)